Tuesday, December 3, 2013

What Do the Foxes Say? (December 2013)

NLTS

This month we want to share about a ministry that is run by
the Songhai team. It is called NLTS, which stands for Niamey Leadership
Training School. Basically, it is an oral Bible school. Every few months, a
group of believers are invited to come for 3 days for a concentrated time of
Bible teaching and training. They are also able to fellowship with believers
from other villages, which is especially beneficial for those who are the ONLY
believer in their village.

Different topics are taught each session. The next course
will take place this week (Dec. 2-4) and Jody will be teaching the synoptic
gospels. Pray for Jody as he opens up God’s Word to these men. We expect 15-20
men to participate.

The school has existed for only 1 1/2 years, so in a way it
is still a work in progress and adjustments are being made to make it better
and more effective with each session.

One major challenge is difference in learning styles.
Nigeriens do not learn in the same way as Americans. They are oral learners and
most of the men we work with have not learned to read or write. So, when
teaching we have to keep that in mind. They can’t open up the Bible and follow
along and they can’t take notes of the teachings to refer to in the future.
Everything taught has to be taught in a way that makes sense to them and also
in a way that can be remembered so that they can teach others.

Pray for NLTS and our team as we seek to teach and train
Songhai believers to grow in their faith and to take that message to other
Songhai people.

PRAYER POINTS

·Praise
the Lord for giving us health and protection this past month.

·Pray
for the ‘motorcycle man’ who has recently confessed Christ. Pray that he will
have the time and desire to be discipled.

·Pray
for the many gospel seeds which have been planted in Boubon. Pray that we may
continue to water them and that God would give growth.

·Pray
for Jody as he teaches at NLTS Dec. 2-4.

·Pray
that we will have many summer missionaries come and serve alongside of us.

·Praise
the Lord for keeping us safe and healthy last month! We are also grateful we
were able to have a ‘staycation’ in Niamey and go swimming a lot and also we
were able to participate in field day again.

OUR LITTLE GIRLS

• C - pray that my bad dreams will go away

• J - pray that I will learn to read better so that I can
get my new Bible

• L - pray for my boo-boo on my knee and pray that I can
learn more Zarma

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